Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 8:09 PM CST for Maury County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2015, 8:09 PM CST (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 598 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 698 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
733
WFUS54 KOHX 240209
TOROHX
TNC119-187-240245-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0024.151224T0209Z-151224T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
809 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 808 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPRING HILL AROUND 825 PM CST.
THOMPSON'S STATION AROUND 830 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
THOMPSONS STATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
SO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3558 8709 3565 8719 3590 8697 3578 8674
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 229DEG 39KT 3566 8707
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AL2 follow-up statements
446
WWUS54 KOHX 240225
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
825 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
TNC119-187-240245-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-151224T0245Z/
WILLIAMSON TN-MAURY TN-
825 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WILLIAMSON AND NORTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTIES...
AT 825 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER THOMPSON'S STATION...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON AND NORTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...THOMPSONS STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 8700 3573 8706 3590 8697 3578 8674
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 229DEG 39KT 3578 8690
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AL552
WWUS54 KOHX 240241
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
841 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
TNC119-187-240250-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-151224T0245Z/
WILLIAMSON TN-MAURY TN-
841 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON AND NORTHEASTERN
MAURY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THOUGH ANOTHER
STORM OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WILLIAMSON COUNTY STILL HAS A TORNADO
WARNING FOR IT. THIS WARNING HOWEVER WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3565 8700 3573 8706 3590 8697 3578 8674
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 229DEG 39KT 3578 8690
$$
ALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 6:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Williamson | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 7:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 7:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 45 min |
| Dec 23, 7:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 21 min |
| Dec 23, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson | 11 min |
| Dec 23, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 8:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 17 min |
| Dec 23, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 9:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 9:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 10:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 10:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 11:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.